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Aspies For Freedom (AFF) is a solidarity and campaigning group aligned with the autistic rights movement. The aim of AFF is to teach the public that autism is not always a disability and that there are advantages as well as disadvantages.[1] The group organizes an annual Autistic Pride Day and opposes attempts to cure autism.[2][3]
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Established in 2004 by Amy and Gwen Nelson, AFF has received coverage from publications, such as New Scientist magazine.[4] As of August 2007, The Guardian estimated the group's membership at 20,000.[3]
Activism
Gwen Nelson has made internet parodies of controversial[5][6][7] non-profit organization Autism Speaks, saying that they were silencing opposing views.[8] AFF petitioned the United Nations in 2004 to have members of the autistic community recognised as a minority status group.[9][10] Gwen Nelson and AFF have spoken out against prenatal genetic testing for autism, portraying it as a difference as opposed to a disease.[3][11]
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